The 12 Best Gift Subscription Boxes for 2020

If you thought your dog liked the bunched up brown paper and cardboard packing materials that come inside boxes you order for yourself, wait 'til your favorite fur buddy sees what's inside a BoxDog subscription box. Toys! Treats! Beds! A handsome new winter coat! The high-end canine toys and gear, the fun frosted cookies and bags of tasty bones handmade by BoxDog chefs, are all spoils for him. And they're all expertly curated by the person who knows him best: you.

A hot sauce club filled exclusively with craft and small-batch releases, Fuego Box has traveled the world tasting heat, hot, and fire, and collecting some of the finer specimens they've found to bring back for you. And for Dad, your little brother, and Uncle Joe. And for the tacos, BBQ, and pizza you'll sauce up and sweat together over as you beg bystanders (i.e., Mom) to crank on the AC.

That said, while Fuego Box delivers the fire, their goal is not to scorch your tongue or ship you bottled gimmicks. Instead they hope to "deliver you the best hot sauces that you've probably never heard of." When you purchase a subscription, either as a gift or for yourself, you'll receive your choice of monthly or quarterly shipments of hot sauces you're almost guaranteed to have trouble finding anywhere else.

Dry Farm Wines caters to wine lovers, sure, but they get even more specific with their selections. The Napa-based distributors curate monthly, bi-monthly, or one-off gift boxes of natural wines from small producers that are lower alcohol, sugar-free, and free of additives and extensive processing.

Geared specifically towards healthy lifestylers, and paleo / keto / low-carb dieters, Dry Farm Wines typically come from Europe, and are made with minimal winemaker intervention, using wild native yeasts, and natural / biodynamic farming processes. Bottles are guaranteed to have less than 0.15g of sugar per glass, and are usually 12.5% ABV or less, with a low sulfite content.

All of that is to say, shipments from Dry Farm Wines have fewer calories per glass, and are less likely to steamroll you to major drunkenness and an all-day hangover.

Oh Internet, I will definitely accept these Cookies. If you're a sweet snack monster, and maybe even more so if you're a foodie who needs more than the "C" in "cookie" to make it good enough for you, check out Internet Cookies, a baked cookie subscription service that ships between 1/2 and 2 dozen gourmet treats to your door every month.

Internet Cookies bake at the hand of Gaia M. Valdemarsdottir Acree and, yes, her flavors are as unique of a mouthful as her name. In January 2020, subscribers received E3 Live Blue Green Algae & Pickled Heirloom Blueberry Biscotti. November 2020 saw a Preserved Lemons and Black Lime Cookie with White Chocolate Pearls.

Whether you have just a passing interest in knives or are a full-on blade fanatic, Monthly Knife Club's 4 levels of monthly deliveries will surely level up your EDC, tactical, and box cutting games. Starting at just $10/month, the service is also one of the sharpest gifts you can give a deserving dude or lady.

SHTF curates boxes of survival and prepper gear so you don't want to have to constantly scour the web looking for the best stuff. Monthly subscription boxes start at $19.99, and include a new cache of survival gear guaranteed to retail for more than the price of the subscription delivered direct to your doorstep.